Good News, for all IT’s, Microsoft announce Accelerated Networking, both on Windows and Linux OS.

This feature can provide up to 30Gbps in networking throughput.

Support VM Instances

Standard_D3_v2, Standard_D12_v2, Standard_D3_v2_Promo, Standard_D12_v2_Promo,Standard_DS3_v2,Standard_DS12_v2, Standard_DS13-4_v2, Standard_DS14-4_v2, Standard_DS3_v2_Promo, Standard_DS12_v2_Promo,Standard_DS13-4_v2_Promo,Standard_DS14-4_v2_Promo,Standard_F4, Standard_F4s, Standard_D8_v3, Standard_D8s_v3,Standard_D32-8s_v3, Standard_E8_v3, Standard_E8s_v3, Standard_E32-8s_v3,Standard_D3_v2_ABC, Standard_D12_v2_ABC,Standard_F4_ABC, Standard_F8s_v2, Standard_D4_v2, Standard_D13_v2, Standard_D4_v2_Promo, Standard_D13_v2_Promo, Standard_DS4_v2, Standard_DS13_v2, Standard_DS14-8_v2, Standard_DS4_v2_Promo, Standard_DS13_v2_Promo, Standard_DS14-8_v2_Promo,Standard_F8, Standard_F8s, Standard_M64-16ms, Standard_D16_v3, Standard_D16s_v3, Standard_D32-16s_v3, Standard_D64-16s_v3, Standard_E16_v3,Standard_E16s_v3, Standard_E32-16s_v3,Standard_E64-16s_v3, Standard_D4_v2_ABC, Standard_D13_v2_ABC, Standard_F8_ABC, Standard_F16s_v2, Standard_D5_v2, Standard_D14_v2, Standard_D5_v2_Promo, Standard_D14_v2_Promo, Standard_DS5_v2, Standard_DS14_v2, Standard_DS5_v2_Promo, Standard_DS14_v2_Promo, Standard_F16, Standard_F16s,Standard_M64-32ms, Standard_M128-32ms, Standard_D32_v3, Standard_D32s_v3, Standard_D64-32s_v3, Standard_E32_v3, Standard_E32s_v3, Standard_E64-32s_v3,Standard_D5_v2_ABC, Standard_D14_v2_ABC, Standard_F16_ABC, Standard_F32s_v2, Standard_D15_v2, Standard_D15_v2_Promo, Standard_D15_v2_Nested,Standard_DS15_v2,Standard_DS15_v2_Promo, Standard_DS15_v2_Nested, Standard_D40_v3, Standard_D40s_v3, Standard_D15_v2_ABC, Standard_M64ms, Standard_M64s, Standard_M128-64ms, Standard_D64_v3,  Standard_D64s_v3, Standard_E64_v3, Standard_E64s_v3, Standard_F64s_v2, Standard_F72s_v2, Standard_M128s,Standard_M128ms, Standard_L8s_v2, Standard_L16s_v2, Standard_L32s_v2, Standard_L64s_v2, Standard_L96s_v2, Standard_ND6s, Standard_ND12s, Standard_ND24s,Standard_ND24rs, Standard_NC6s_v2, Standard_NC12s_v2, Standard_NC24s_v2, Standard_NC24rs_v2, SQLGL, SQLGLCore, Standard_NC6s_v3, Standard_NC12s_v3,Standard_NC24s_v3, Standard_NC24rs_v3


Accelerated Networking Diagram

Benefits

​The benefits of accelerated networking are:

  • Utilization of CPU will be decreased because the virtual switch is bypassed.
  • Lower latency, by removing the virtual switch from the datapath removes the time packets spend in the host for policy processing.
  • Reduced jitter, offloading the policy enforcement to the hardware removes that variability by delivering packets directly to the VM.

Limitations

​There are three limitations for this capability :

  • It cannot be enabled for an existing NIC, you need to create a new on
  • You cannot attach the NIC on an existing VM, you need to deploy a new one.
  • This capability is only available for ARM deployments

 

Related Links

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/maximize-your-vm-s-performance-with-accelerated-networking-now-generally-available-for-both-windows-and-linux/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/create-vm-accelerated-networking-cli